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The South Face

Type:

Alpine

Reference:

1

Pitch(es):

#

Ewbank

Alpine (Technical)

Alpine (Commitment)

Alpine (Mt Cook)

Aid

Water Ice

Mixed

Boulder (Hueco)

Length

Bolts

Trad

1

I

1

0m

No

Start up the tussock and bracken slopes directly behind Raspberry Hut. After about one hour the ridge becomes well defined and eventually leads to a col (1750m) on the Shotover-Matukituki divide. From this col follow a deer trail south for several hundred metres, until the south ridge is crossed and a prominent snowfield on the South Face is reached. The snowfield is then climbed to the summit. This route would take about six to seven hours from Raspberry Flat.